United Nations Conference on Trade and Development Regional Workshop on Promoting Cotton By-Products in Eastern and Southern Africa 28-30 May 2019, Johannesburg, South Africa Hosted by Cotton SA Cotton By-Products Project Zimbabwe: the Policy Panorama By Washington Mubvekeri, Head of Institute, Cotton Research Institute, Zimbabwe The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of UNCTAD.
COTTON BY-PRODUCTS PROJECT ZIMBABWE THE POLICY PANORAMA ZIMBABWE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS By Washington Mubvekeri
VISION 2030 “Towards a Prosperous & Empowered Upper Middle Income Society by 2030” The Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP) Oct 2018 to Dec 2020: S eeks to: “put in place the necessary legislative and administrative reforms to consolidate and harmonise the various scattered legislative pieces into an omnibus investment Act.” ZIMBABWE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
VALUE ADDITION AND BENEFICIATION IS DRIVEN FROM THE TOP “In agriculture for instance, Zimbabwe adds value and beneficiates locally only 30 percent of the cotton she produces. The rest goes abroad as raw cotton exports.” “We now need to isolate each mineral, and each agricultural product – one by one – in order to map out strands of value chains by which we transform our economy” (His Excellency President ED Mnangagwa, Sunday Mail, 11 November 2018) ZIMBABWE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
UNCTAD Regional Workshop in S.A (28-29 May 2019) • Zimbabwean delegation is headed by Dr Mavis Sibanda who is Head of Ministry of Industry and Commerce (MIC). • The P.S is the apex of policy making in the Ministry. • No ministry better placed to develop value addition policies than MIC. ZIMBABWE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Government Cotton Production Support Zimbabwe is committed to revive the cotton sector. Free Cotton Input Support Program. Growth in production is mainly being slowed by unfavourable biotic and abiotic factors chief among them being short and poor quality growing season. ZIMBABWE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Plant Pests and Diseases Act, Chapter 19:08 (Misinterpretation of Legislation) Area ea Sl Slas ashing ng De Destr truction ction Pl Plan anting ting Date Da te Date Da te Da Date te 01 August 15 Aug 05 October S.E Lowveld Remainder 15 August 10 Sept 20 October of Country There was a misconception that stalk destruction was synonymous with burning. ZIMBABWE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
ZIMBABWE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
ZIMBABWE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
India’s Good Institutional Structure Central Institute of Research in Cotton Technology (CIRCOT) focuses on research and development of technologies and machineries for the postharvest processing of cotton. There is need in initiate and sustain institutional (research) linkages with CIRCOT. ZIMBABWE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
SOME AREAS THAT MAY REQUIRE LOCAL ANALYSIS: Not About Reinventing The Wheel, But Refining It ZIMBABWE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
• Analysis of substrate for mushroom production, pellets and briquettes for residual pesticides considering that cotton is a high consumer of synthetics. • Analysis of pellets and briquettes for residual pesticides. The residual pesticides could be released in smoke during burning which could have health implications particularly because stove are used in closed environment. ZIMBABWE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
• Pellet stove adaptation for Zimbabwe’s communal area use. • Briquettes appeared to break up so easily that they would require careful handling. There would be need to work on briquette densification. ZIMBABWE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS
There are NO policy barriers against promotion of cotton by-products in Zimbabwe. THANK YOU
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